Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine
by rory096 on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:27PM
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WaPo posted a descriptive article on the UW study days ago.[0] The OP is an op-ed by a member of a left-leaning think tank in a section called "PostEverything Perspective," described as "Discussion of news topics with a point of view, including narratives by individuals regarding their own experiences."
Let's not make accusations of media bias without any basis at all.
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/06/26/new-s...
Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine
by WillPostForFood on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:37PM
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It isn't media bias, it is bay area hacker news "I'll flag articles that don't agree with my worldview and upvote those that do" bias.
Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine
by Aron on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @02:57PM
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I have the same question. The WaPo article that described the results of the study (not good for minimum wage progressives) got flagged rapidly. Articles since attempting to counter the story happily remain.
Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine
by cwyers on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:00PM
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Do you still have the link to that thread? I'm curious to see how the discussion went before the thread got flagged.
Re:Seattle’s higher minimum wage is actually working fine
by Aron on Wednesday June 28, 2017 @03:07PM
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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14637873
Looks like it was un-flagged? Don't know enough about the process around here. It was flagged for a long time though.
last i checked the UW was requested by the city and journalist and .gov email addressed users all have access to the study, so this claim that its not available is the first indication the WAPO article is nothing more than predisposed piece, meaning they had an outcome and went searching for support of it. the ideology of WAPO is well known so any other result than this could not occur